The next design tool is scary
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Ok we have to talk! There are changes going on and most people are totally unaware!
Design tools are going in a direction that's harmful for both designers and the entire industry. It's time to talk about how they're training AI models on your work, how they believe they OWN your work and what you can do to protect yourself.
If you're an artist, designer or a mix of both pay attention. Otherwise a year or two from now you may be quite unplesantly surprised.
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The irony of UX tools that don’t perform UX research with their target audience.
They do, but they also perform research on what their stakeholders need.
They do, but they also know what will drive revenue. It's about money, it always is for a business.
Big companies, pushing their users privacy is never good for either side. Thank you for shining light on this.
I never touched Adobe and never will.
Glad of that one and sticking to Affinity Designer. 👌🏻
Canva bought Affinity I think. Will that change things?
I just switched to Affinity, and i still have to learn a photo. I prefer the affinity suite over Adobe's because I own it, I own the software.
@@ideam0n-tonytouch not in a bad way.
@@ideam0n-tonytouch We can just wait and see
And it's so much faster! Still missing some key features but I'm sure they'll get them soon now
To be honest, I didn't realize all this and the seriousness of the situation... I'm glad I could learn this from you. I will observe the situation.
LOL okay detective Szabat
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Framer will not export code, never. I was on the beta. there was a feature in development about it. and they did not continued on it. in other words. it's technically possible for them to do it. but they prefer to lose clients for other tools that can do that in the future. so, shame on them.
Fun fact. Framer was just a prototype tool. like Figma, or Penpot. I truly believe that in the near future. even Penpot will be a no-code tool like Framer is today. Penpot code exporting is absolutely great already. I can almost build a site just with the HTML/CSS they produce.
I’m now looking into Penpot 2.0 and planning to start saving my design files in more common formats like layered .TIFF and .EPS/.SVG for vector graphics.
I sincerely hope for a large-scale adoption of tools like Penpot. With a strong community, the expansion of its features will be accelerated.
It’s just absurd that we are stuck with proprietary tools. Sure, companies can pursue profits, but not at the cost of locking our work into their platforms.
I've been using for half a year! It's a bit lacking and buggy, but get's job done. But never worked on client work with it yet. In agency we still use Figma.
if you are coming from Figma Make A slow transition Don't jump ships I promise that'll give you less of an urge to break ur pc 😑.
I love Penpot BTW butt I've gotta say it's products like this that give opensource the reputation it has compared to preparatory SAAS.
but am confident penpot will be the blender of product& UI/UX design
Could we have an full set of replacement adobe software tool recommended video
Good idea!
Affinity Suite is 50% off...
You talked like a revolutionary politician ......... cheers.
Got your vote?
I'm baffled by how seemingly all people in the entire design industry are willing to pay for software they don't own, and have all of their data living almost exclusively is in the cloud of that company. I don't care how good the hammer is, I would never ever ever sign such a contract! It's everyone faults for being willing to pay for sign such a contract in the first place. I know I'm in the minority, but god damn it, we could have had such a better world of software today.
There are some companies doing it the right way.
People working in larger companies or trying to work in larger companies don't really have a choice most of the time. Even if you have your own business and decide to never use Adobe or Figma, it can be difficult if the rest of the industry is still using them.
I never had this difficulty - been using Sketch for everything since the beginning and NONE of our clients ever complained. (way before I had any followers too)
In the end what they want is a good project
It's a more of a service, like a SaaS product
Eye-opening! We have to take it seriously. They will only go to far if we let them.
Best way to show them they're wrong is by not paying them
Thank you, I didn't know what happened, what these companies do is evil. As you say it is just a tools.
And this trend of AI abuse is only getting started
I think the part we’re not talking about is when you’re working for a company, you don’t have a choice what products you get to use. Adobe and Figma are favored by corporations because they get special packages, which then to work at these companies you need to know these software. So to be hirable you have to know the software they’re using. Until these companies are willing to go a different direction, these companies (Figma, Adobe) will have all the power and say.
We need to see this for what it is. Nearly everything about what it means to "design" is quickly transforming. This genie is not going back in the bottle. This is not a small change to our profession; this is a wholesale shift in how we work and what it means to be a human being designing things. Denial and anger are typically the first stages in a major transition like this.
no point in either anger or denial - let’s go with awareness and countermeasures
@@MalewiczHypeI appreciate your optimism. Lots of things in flux right now. I guess we’ll see what’s next.
I'm fine with working with my hands again. Can do tiles, flooring and some simple woodwork ;)
I’m not convinced AI is going to radically change design tools, and the legality of training on everyone’s data is being disputed in so many court cases. It’s still pretty uncertain where this will land. Also, by their nature, LLMs and other AI is always backwards looking due to being trained on historical data. I’d be shocked if designers don’t have a viable and vibrant future. I do agree with the video though - we need to be incredibly careful what we agree to and allow.
Should we as designers unite and make a design tool
No need, there are still design tools that take the right route
@@MalewiczHype Do you have some tipps?
Don't start something new, get behind existing open source projects in whatever way you can. Time, dollars, expertise, promotion. PenPot is a good starting point
@@racka446 Penpot
Adobe ruined us
Nope, youi're wrong. Adobe will still be king 5 years from now.
I think it's good to point out that people become very cult-like about their tools and the providers of those tools. Like, a shovel is just a shovel, Photoshop is just an app, and Adobe, Figma - are corporations. Why people treat them like an organized religion has always been annoying to me. Stop it with this brand loyalty shit, use what you need to use. They are just tools, but you shouldn't be a corporation's tool. You shouldn't be used by what you buy and you should own your tools and have the right to do what you want with them within reason, common sense, and lawfulness. We all know what those are if we talk about them. Stop letting these corporations babysit your data and attention like a nanny-state - they are not your overlords!
Yes, I find it weird. Sure - I really like some apps (like Sketch and Penpot) but first moment they cross the line I'm outta there.
I don't agree completely. I run a small, 2 person software business. Of all the solutions available, Figma was the best fit for us by a long shot at the time. We've invested a lot of our most valuable asset, time, into the product. Taking all of our design system and assets out of this is not as simple as just you guys are trivialising it to be.
Also on PenPot. I really wanted it to work for us. I spent months investing in our systems and assets on this before Figma only to find out completely shat the bed when it comes to performance. It's not as simple as saying, go get another tool. The vast amounts of capital that have gone into apps like Figma don't count for nothing. Whilst it's an absolute shame, and no surprise that big companies like Figma and Adobe are screwing their users, it's still a very significant cost for small businesses to move away from.
They are likely trying to tap into the non-professional audience. There’re only so many artists on the planet, and using their tools requires a trained specialist. Training an artist or an architect takes many years, so they always have a revenue cap. If, however, these companies somehow manage to offer their services to a wider audience through integrating generative AI, that might mean doubling or tripling the revenue stream. Who wouldn’t want to make 2-10-20 times more money from the same product with minimal alterations?
Thing is that there are lot of tutorials and lessons how to do design with Figma or Adobe products and that makes this tools kind of only choice for beginners. I would love to see their competitors create communities to make their product more accessible for beginners or already experienced designers.
All the current tools are so similar it doesn't matter. You're learning design, not "figma" specifically so you can follow a Figma tutorial in Sketch or Penpot just fine.
@@MalewiczHype I get that, but when u are at the beginning of your design journey you naturally gravitate towards the tools that have big communities and Figma really has one. I'm trying to say is that I want other companies to challenge that and not let Figma dominate them this hard.
P.S. I appreciate your work and this type of content as well, it's cool that you speak about shady stuff that this big companies do behind our backs.
Penpot is a cool option, but it lacks many features. I'm using Lunacy.
Scary is right. I would be happy to support companies that have ethical pricing and practices in the future. Let's hope the few out there don't head in this direction too. Also Webflow has a code export option although it is only on certain higher priced plans...
Yes, I'm aware of Webflow's approach - hopefully it'll stay that way. I'm also a fan (so far) of what Sketch is doing.
The thing about Webflow is you can only export static websites, so the code export option is not all that useful for client projects. It's fine if you're just trying to build a website for yourself and you don't know how to code it's fine I guess, but losing out on the CMS makes that option basically useless for client projects.
good point
The hammer making company doesn't make the house
That it doesn't
I appreciate your efforts. Great work.
Thanks
Everythink whats cloud base possibly will get some AI functions soon or later we are adicted to much on internet connection - in my opinion offline tools is a way to freedom
Nice video, Michał. Spot on!
We're living in sad times for designers so good that there are some beacons of light out there 🫡
This is the way t fight back more for the studios and companies. Individual designers bound to 9-5 job will have t use whatever tool employer requests. Many companies are heavily invested in those tools, design systems, ready templayes and complex components and variables. convincing them to completelyabandon tool is most likely nt going to hapen, plus what are the guarantees that new tool won'tpull the same thing. so you'll be hopping from tool to tool.
Great video, thanks. Good moment for moving our work to local devices with open source formats. Penpot could be a great alternative :)
I backup all my major work onto an external drive (and then again)
revolutionary topic for discussion🤔
There was this saying, "If something is free, then you are not the customer. You are the product". It looks like we need to rewrite that to: "At $90/month, you don't own your art or IP, and an AI will replace you in a few months anyway."
I'm not sure about "a few months" or even replacing at all, but there are some serious violations going on right now
So should we migrate to penpot ?
Sure, but only when Penpot would be capable to handle huge files as Figma. Because performance is so bad that you can not use it right now.
@@BS-gr3bi did you already try Penpot 2.0? Happy to know your feedback. If you're excited about Penpot, join us some way or another!
@@pabloruizmuzquiz7138 a windows build would be nice, I'll definitely try Penpot when it's available
Maybe Lunacy good too
If it allows you to do your job and earn a life, by all means, yes
we need a new success open-source tool like Blender, just for product-design industry... Penpot has a chance to achieve that
Thank you for sharing for this. Switching to penpot or perhaps continue with sketch.
I use Sketch but the first second they cross the line I'm uninstalling ;)
@@MalewiczHype I was in love with Sketch for years but components are so easy in figma. Anyway I think divorce with Sketch needs to be postponed and will pay em for another year.
Yup I still have subscription for sketch till Aug 1, 2024.
You're "John Connor" of Design:)
Totally with you.
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I 'm not sure I get these videos. How can we as designers move to different tools when the whole industry is on Figma and Adobe? There needs to be a better solution than just running to the next tool
It is and it isn't. If a company focuses solely on figma it's likely not the best place to work at. When a company focuses on design itself it usually doesn't matter. We've been a successful agency since 2011 and we NEVER (not even once) used figma for any client projects. And we get big clients just fine.
@@MalewiczHype If you have your own clients I can see that working but if you're hired into an agency that works with Figma and Adobe, if you don't use those programs you will NOT be hired if you don't use them at a high level
Great video. What do you think of Lunacy (considering that I can export in sketch format)?
I've been supporting Lunacy for a while now. Them and Penpot are a great alternative to Sketch that's also fair.
Learning is fun!
Is it possible that they already gathered all those data before and now just can use it?
Do you use an Insta360 Flow?
Thank you
What about inkscape? It is open source. And export svg. And it can even export to Web.
Yes it is. But Inkscape is aimed at slightly different kind of users - but yes, it's a great app.
The law system needs an Update against the modern world,
Vendor locking should become a punishable Crime,
I seen a Little bit Hope on EU,
🤞
Yes, but that won't happen because big orgs with lots of money will always find a way around the laws - for the exact reasons I stated in the video.
oh you look so serious that I am feeling a bit scare about the future, I am trying to get a role as UX entry level and It seems impossible. I took some of your courses and I am pro. Last week I asked you in the academy about what is the best way to create code from your design because I am thinking that with some code knowledge and the help of the AI is more easy to create a project since the design to the end and maybe to try to create my own websites agency or to be freelance. Any advice? Thank you!
lmao, the adobe UI button, hahahah
What do you think about relume and webflow?
Webflow is a bit more open but not fully - there's a bit of vendor locking there too
this is why I don't teach tools I reach Process
AI is not the problem, the human using AI without sympathy is the problem
Human nature is something that won't ever change
What’s even crazier is that if you want to unsubscribe from Adobe you have to, again Have to agree to those terms, so there’s essentially the only way to unsubscribe. Which is through your bank.
Yeah, in the EU that could land them in some big legal trouble
how does one back up their figma files?
Save the .fig to a disk
@@MalewiczHype Thank you! It looks like I have another thing on my to do list. But converting these files to another platform is another story.
Most other platforms can import .fig files
You still need a hammer to build a house. If all of these software companies do the same thing, you're going to have to deal with it or go back to paper and crayon.
Luckily there are some open source solutions out there.
I agree … the brick 🧱 making or hammer 🔨 making company should NEVER own your house 🏠 because you use their tools.
This is not only ridiculous that it is even contemplated let alone contracted by these tool makers (lawyers really).
Correct
I agree and hate to see this happning, we need to act
Best way is to share the info with more people - knowledge is power
@@MalewiczHype tbh I forgot about thta simple first step I was angry I wast thinking big but yest sharing this video so more creatores know could be the best first step
Framer sucks and every portfolio I’ve ever seen made with framer blows
Maybe go back to Sketch?